Austria

Belgium

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Europe

A world map highlights (blue) the members of the European Monetary Union: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, and Cyprus.

Current members of the European Monetary Union

Countries

European Union

European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)

Australia

Fiji

Micronesia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia

Denmark

Hungary

Moldova

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Romania

Sweden

Ukraine

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

Total annual rice production: Highest producers in dark green are China and India. Some of the higher-producing countries in green and light green are Russia, Brazil, U S A, and some of the low-producing countries (very light green) are Mexico and Australia.

Total annual rice production, by country.

World

Rice Production

Million Metric Tons

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

United Kingdom

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Iceland

Norway

Guernsey (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Singapore

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

Qatar

Eritrea

A world map showing the distribution of continental shelves. The continental shelves extend into the oceans along the margins of the continents.

Extent of the world's continental shelves, which are extensions of continents submerged by the oceans

Continental Shelf

Key areas with prominent continental shelves shaded in dark blue include the eastern and western coasts of North America, particularly around the Gulf of Alaska, Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The coasts of Europe, including the North Sea and the waters around the United Kingdom. The northern coast of Russia and the Arctic Ocean. The coasts of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The northern and eastern coasts of Australia. The coasts of South America, especially around the Gulf of California and the southern tip near Chile and Argentina. The western and southern coasts of Africa, particularly around Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)	Rice Production			Continental Shelf
Value	Class	Rank	Million Metric Tons	Continental Shelf



				2.44%
				3.13%
				2.73%
				3.31%
				4.38%
				14.0%
				1.49%
				1.27%
				2.50%
				1.44%